December 01, 2024 The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) deployed 1,686 motor pumps across the city to manage rainwater drainage as 553 locations experienced waterlogging due to the ongoing rainfall as of 8 p.

The cyclone left 16 people dead in Sri Lanka and three in India on Sunday. Heavy rain caused by the storm affected nearly 139,000 families, according to latest data from the Disaster Management Centre in Colombo.

NEW DELHI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry region after crossing India's southern coast from the Bay of Bengal on Saturday.

The cyclone made landfall near the union territory of Puducherry on Saturday night, bringing heavy downpour to Tamil Nadu state. Capital Chennai received over 18cm of rainfall in 24 hours from Friday to Saturday evening, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Cyclone Fengal is likely to continue inching toward west-southwestward, weakening into a deep depression within the next few hours. The cyclone was monitored by Doppler weather radars in Chennai and Karaikal.

Drone footage shows flooding in India after Cyclone Fengal hit the southeastern coast:::: Puducherry, India:: Cuddalore, IndiaPuducherry had been hit by the heaviest 24-hour rainfall in 30 years, India's weather office said on social media on Sunday (December 1).

Footage shows floods caused by Cyclone Fengal in Viluppuram, Puducherry, along the coast of India today. Cyclone Fengal caused significant disruption in the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai.